By Nikkita Collins
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10/17/12 11:08pm
This semester is the first time these students are taking advantage of the newly renovated simulations labs, which features an operating table, anesthesia and oxygen machines and dummies with vital signs. The students even don a gown, a mask, booties and gloves.

By Nikkita Collins
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10/09/12 10:39pm
A recent School of Nursing study proved that overworked nurses have a direct correlation to patient infections, injuries and death rates. The study surveyed more than 7,000 nurses in Pennsylvania and found them to be overwhelmingly dealing with burnout-related issues that include too many overtime hours and increase in patient load.

By Nikkita Collins
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10/02/12 10:35pm
In spring 2015, when the new changes will take effect, medical school hopefuls will sit for six and a half hours to take MCAT2015 — almost two hours longer than the current version. Each year, more than 85,000 students take the exam.

By Nikkita Collins
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09/23/12 5:57pm
This school year, Penn’s Student Health Service created a new Campus Health Initiatives department, which will use education, outreach and research to promote the health of Penn students.

By Nikkita Collins
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09/13/12 11:24pm
The Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration will grant the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — the largest clinical site for the School of Nursing — nearly $36 million over the next four years to train more advanced practice registered nurses.

By Nikkita Collins
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09/06/12 9:36pm
Two lawsuits that accused Craig Thompson — the president of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — of taking research he conducted at Penn to start his own biotechnology company have been settled.

By Nikkita Collins
and Shelli Gimelstein
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07/25/12 9:38pm
For rising Wharton and Engineering junior Ryan Marschang — whose solar technology startup Invisergy took top prize at a business plan competition at Stanford University last month — the victory provided both funding and connections.

By Nikkita Collins
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07/03/12 10:52pm
Under Penn Connects 2.0, Penn has added 45 additional acres to its campus and a combined 4.8 million square feet of new spaces while restoring current campus facilities, according to Penn President Amy Gutmann.

By Nikkita Collins
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06/13/12 8:49pm
At the conference, 250 public health workers and researchers heard the most up-to-date research on the impact of high-sugar drinks on the body and discussed how to convince the public of these detrimental effects.

By Nikkita Collins
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05/30/12 7:23pm
As senior associate vice provost for student affairs at Penn, Nair founded the Student Affairs Leadership Team, a collaboration between students and faculty to improve campus life.

By Nikkita Collins
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05/23/12 10:35pm
Penn is the tenth university to partner with the nationwide public charter school program, which encourages underprivileged youth to achieve their goals of attending college.